I want to get this out of the way first. There is a Cat Stevens song in this movie too. It is not as poignant a moment as when one is used in Guardians of the Galaxy 2, but I noticed it.

That out of the way, Hounds of Love is the most viscerally disturbing movie I’ve seen this year, in spite of not showing anything truly graphic, rather, taking advantage of just implications. First time director Ben Young is smart enough to know you don’t have to actually show rape; showing a girl chained to a bed and bloodied sheets gives enough for the audience to put together themselves. Much of what actually disturbs in this movie is character-centric rather than action-oriented. Hounds of Love gives its villains so much room to become monsters that are also so scarily human in their monstrosity.

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